Contribution of ‘human induced fires’ to forest and savanna land conversion dynamics in the Luki Biosphere Reserve landscape, western Democratic Republic of Congo
Land use and land cover; forest fire; slash and burn agriculture; remote sensing; MODIS; Landsat; spatial correlation; logistic regression model; Luki Biosphere Reserve CONTACT N. C. Cirezi
Abstract :
[en] Human-induced fire is one of the most important determinants of forest cover and change in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Yet its impact on forest cover and forest cover change remains unclear, as fires in Africa generally do not spread over very large area. This is particularly the case in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a region of the world that is still poorly investigated. Here, we propose to study the effect of humaninduced fire on land use and land cover change in a protected area of the DRC, i.e. the Luki Biosphere Reserve (LBR). We investigate tree cover changes in and around the reserve between 2002 and 2019 using Landsat 7 ETM+, Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS and MODIS MCD12Q1 images and quantify human induced fires using MODIS MCD64A1 images. The study combines land use and land cover (LULC) change detection analysis of four images, two acquired in 2002 and two acquired in 2019, with multi-temporal assessment of annual burnt area acquired between 2002 and 2019 from MODIS MCD64A1 to assess the role of fire in LULC changes and the sensitivity of different LULC types to fire. The results show a dynamic conversion of primary forest to secondary forest over about 16% of the area, the evolution of savanna to secondary forest over 9.6% (Landsat image) and the replacement of secondary forest by savanna over 8.1% (MODIS image) of the total area of Luki Reserve. Of the total area undergoing land use change, 34.1% (Landsat image) and 35.7% (MODIS image) were caused by fire, which however did not cause a significant LULC change. For the LULC types that experienced fire events, the least stable type was KEYWORDS
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Cirezi Cizungu, Nadège ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Biodiversité et Paysage ; Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre
Bastin, Jean-François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre > Biodiversité et Paysage
Tshibasu, E; Forest and Agriculture Program, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Lonpi, E; Ecole Régionale Post-universitaire d'Aménagement et de Gestion intégrés des Forêts et Territoires tropicaux (ERAIFT), Department of protected areas management, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Chuma, G; Department of Environment and Land Resources Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Université Evangélique en Afrique, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo ; UR SPHERES, Laplec ; University of Liège, Belgium
Mugumaarhahama, Y; Department of Environment and Land Resources Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Université Evangélique en Afrique, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo ; Environmental man-agement, Insitut supérieur de développement rural(ISDR/KAZIBA), Kaziba, Democratic Republic of Congo
Sambieni, Kouagou Raoul ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Biodiversité et Paysage ; Ecole Régionale Post-universitaire d'Aménagement et de Gestion intégrés des Forêts et Territoires tropicaux (ERAIFT), Department of protected areas management, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Karume, K; Department of Environment and Land Resources Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Université Evangélique en Afrique, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Lumbuenamo, R; Ecole Régionale Post-universitaire d'Aménagement et de Gestion intégrés des Forêts et Territoires tropicaux (ERAIFT), Department of protected areas management, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo ; Department of Natural Resources Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Bogaert, Jan ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Biodiversité et Paysage ; Ecole Régionale Post-universitaire d'Aménagement et de Gestion intégrés des Forêts et Territoires tropicaux (ERAIFT), Department of protected areas management, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Language :
English
Title :
Contribution of ‘human induced fires’ to forest and savanna land conversion dynamics in the Luki Biosphere Reserve landscape, western Democratic Republic of Congo
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